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tym-pan-o-gram (noun)

an examination used to test the condition of the middle ear and mobility of the eardrum, and the conduction bones by creating variations of air pressure in the ear canal.

Basically, it sounded like a cool name for a blog intended to be primarily about music. We’d both had other blogs previously, but over beers it was decided that more damage could be done as a joint venture. And here we are.

We share a passion for the undiscovered and under-appreciated, and hope that you’ll be able to find something you love as well.

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About the Author: Dave

I like music. I can't describe how I came to like the music I do, because I don't know how or why, I just do.

Many years ago, Napoleon's brother, my great-great-great-great-great-great Grandfather, came to America. He was asked his name on Ellis Island while being processed as an immigrant. Not understanding English, he was under the impression that he was being asked how he had arrived in the new land. So he turned around and pointed at the sea vessel and said, 'LaBarge.'

About the Author: Andy

I come by my music taste of my own free will. My friends listened to 2Pac, my parents to contemporary Christian and me? Sunny Day Real Estate. I can’t explain it.

[mp3] NxNE Recap // A Lull (Thursday)

I owe A Lull an apology. I set up an interview with them at NxNE this past weekend without giving their music a proper listen, and I’m afraid I wasn’t able to conduct an interview that was anything close to good. Not that we’re particularly formal about the interviews we do (we don’t like to record our conversations, preferring to just talk with bands and cull what we can over beer), but I definitely owed them more preparation than they got.

With that said, the guys in A Lull are a very down-to-earth, accommodating bunch. We talked over who were Cubs fans and who were White Sox fans, even though it was settled that both teams, in fact, suck this year. We discussed the remix release that the band put out last year and how they don’t really like hearing their songs remixed. We discussed lead singer Nigel’s love for the new Drake songs, and how he needs to hear the Shabazz Palaces album. We talked about the Bug Jar here in Rochester and their border crossing from the night before.

But beyond the conversation, the band is a revelation in a live setting. Utilizing multiple percussionists, A Lull is an all encompassing, immersive experience. Since I didn’t give their most recent album, Confetti, the attention it deserves prior to seeing them, I can’t tell you much of what they played. But it wouldn’t have mattered anyway: they put on a completely arresting show – one that two of the four writers from tympanogram considered the best they saw at the festival (and the one writing this piece would put at a close second).

Bottom line: see A Lull. Buy their album. Doing so will, in part, make me feel better for my shoddy work. But more than that, you’ll be able to witness a band do something rarely done: go beyond any hype they receive because it falls quite short of what they are capable of.

And guys, if you’re reading this: the offer to crash at my place next time you’re in town is always available.